Here Come the Dads
If I had a penny for every time I said, "I'm talking about mothers here because mothers are the people who usually make decisions about…
Birth of the Vaccine Mom
With the birth of my daughter came the mom’s group—a place where first-time mothers can go in sweatpants, baby in tow, and not feel guilty…
Parenthetical Science!
When I first heard that Dr. Chad Hayes (from Demystifying Pediatrics) and Natalie Newell (from the Science Moms film) were teaming up to do a…
My Friend Al: An HPV Story
When he turned sixty, my friend Al went for his yearly physical and mentioned to the attending physician that he had a small lump on…
Ask Dr. Offit
I don't know if Dr. Paul Offit (author and doctor in Infectious Diseases at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia) counts as famous, but for many in…
Five Years! A Letter of Thanks to You
Five years ago, Voices for Vaccines relaunched as a pro-vaccine parent organization. On a personal level, working with Voices for Vaccines these past five years…
I Survived What Was Supposed to Kill Me
A few years before my diagnosis, I had seen many doctors for irregular bleeding and cramping. Sometimes my paps would come back abnormal and doctors…
A Survivor Who Reminds Us to Prevent Cancer
Every parents' life has been touched in some way by cancer. Whether they or their friends or their grandmothers or someone else has beaten or…